JAMA Pediatrics

pISSN: 2168-6203eISSN: 2168-6211• JCR: JAMA PEDIATRAmerican Medical AssociationUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

17.1

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↓ 0.9 (-5.0%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    17.1
  2. Metric year 2024

    18.0

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
PEDIATRICSSCIEQ1
Q1
JCR Quartile
B1
CAS Block

JAMA Pediatrics current release and JCR quartile

JAMA Pediatrics's newest impact factor is 17.1, released June 17, 2026 and based on 2025 citation data. The journal is listed as JCR Q1 in this Journal Metrics record.

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Ranking position in Medicine

Ranked #116 in Medicine by impact factor and #116 among Q1 Medicine journals. This context helps compare JAMA Pediatrics against journals publishing in the same field.

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JAMA Pediatrics publication trend

Published 1,545 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 17.1.

2026 vs 2025: -280
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Journal Details

Total Articles
5,235
H-Index
207
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
General Health ProfessionsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Article Volume

2022
338
2023
368
2024
373
2025
373
2026
93
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